1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ON NORMAL CONDITIONS. THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING, AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH REPLACEMENTS OF THE CRANK SHAFT SENSORS. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. THE IDENTICAL FAILURES CONTINUED AFTER THE REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURES OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION AND TRAVELING BETWEEN 5-20 MPH. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THIS TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

AC BLEND DOORS DON'T WORK CAUSING MY HEAT/AC TO ONLY WORK ON HAVE THE CAR AT A TIME. IN THE WINTER MY DEFROSTER IS ONLY ABLE TO DEFROST HALF MY WINDSHIELD AND THE OTHER SIDE HAS ICE COLD AIR COMING OUT THE VENT WITCH MAKES IT UNABLE TO DEFROST AND CAUSES ME TO DRIVE WITH HALF A DEFROSTED WINDSHIELD. SO HALF THE CAR GETS HEAT THE OTHER HALF GETS AC ALL WINTER LONG NO MATTER WHAT SETTING YOU PUT THE SYSTEM ON, THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE A ACCIDENT IF NOT ADDRESSED. *TR

THE DRIVERS SEAT KEEPS BRAKING CAUSING YOU TO LOOSE A SAFE DRIVERS CONTROL WHILE DRIVING THIS IS THE FIFTH TIME THIS HAPPEN IN THE LAST 2 YEARS AND NOT AT THE WELDED AREA DIFFERENT PLACES. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE. WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 45-55 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WITHOUT WARNING. UPON STALLING, ALL INTERIOR LIGHTS AND ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS OF THE VEHICLE WOULD ENGAGE FOR 2-10 SECONDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE VEHICLE PERTAINING TO ENGINE STALLING. TO DATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD CONTINUE TO STALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

THE SEAT BRACKET ON MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING CAUSING THE SEAT TO "FLOAT" AND MOVE UP AND DOWN ON THAT CORNER. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED UNDER THE SEAT TO FIND A BREAK ON A PIECE OF FLAT STEEL THAT IS USED TO RAISE THE SEAT UP AND DOWN WITH THE ELECTRIC MOTORS. THERE WAS NO CRASH OR OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCE CAUSING THE SEAT TO BREAK. IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE DRIVER IS NOT SECURE WHILE MAKING TURNS. I THINK IT IS VERY DANGEROUS IF I WAS TO BE IN A CRASH! THE METAL SEEMS VERY THIN ON THESE AREAS WHERE THE ELECTRIC SEAT ADJUST HAS TO "SCISSOR LIFT" UP AND DOWN. I DRIVE A LOT ACROSS TWO STATES TO PICK UP MY CHILDREN - SO I HAD SOMEONE WELD THE SEAT BRACKET BACK TOGETHER. IT HELD FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS AND NOW IT IS BROKE AGAIN. IF THE SEAT BRACKETS ARE THIS WEAK, HOW WILL IT HOLD TOGETHER IN A CRASH??? PLEASE HELP ME AND OTHERS. I HAVE HEARD OF ONE OTHER PERSON WITH A SIMILAR PROBLEM ON A 2000 JEEP CHEROKEE (NOT "GRAND"). *TR

DRIVING HOME EARLY MORNING DURING A SNOWSTORM, A SNOWPLOW WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN AND MY VEHICLE HIT HIM DEAD CENTER TOTALING MY VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A FRONTAL COLLISION NEITHER THE DRIVER'S OR PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED RESULTING IN INJURY TO THE DRIVER. *TR

REAR PASSENGER TAIL LIGHT DOES NOT WORK AT NIGHT OR RATHER WHEN THE CAR LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. MECHANIC HAS REPLACED BULB, RE-BENT THE CONNECTION, BUT THE LIGHT STILL IS NOT VISIBLE WHEN LIGHTS ARE TURNED ON. WHEN LIGHTS ARE OUT, BRAKE LIGHT, REVERSE LIGHT AND TURN SIGNAL WORK. MY SON HAS BEEN PULLED OVER BY POLICE THINKING THE LIGHTS HAD BEEN FIXED. ITS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE RECEIVES A TICKET. OUR MECHANIC HAS OFFERED TO TRY AND FIX IT WITHOUT REPLACING BOTH BACK LIGHT ASSEMBLIES. *TR

DRIVE SEAT FRONT LEFT CORNER PULLED METAL OVER FLOOR BOLT CAUSING A BROKEN SEAT AND SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE LAREDO 4X4; DRIVER SIDE SEAT HOUSING METAL BRACKETS BROKE. VERY COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL. AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

MY 1999 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE FRONT DRIVER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN IN TWO SPOTS. FRONT LEFT WELD AND REAR RIGHT WELD. I AM EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT THE "BREAK" OF THE WELD DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A "NORMAL RATE OF SPEED", IF IT DID, A SEVERE AND TRAGIC ACCIDENT COULD HAVE OCCURRED. THE MAIN REASON I AM WRITING TO YOU IS THE FACT, DURING MY RESEARCH FOR A "FIX" OR REPLACEMENT SEAT, I STUMBLED ACROSS A FEW WEBSITES WITH CONSUMERS, LIKE MYSELF, INQUIRING WHY THIS HAPPENED. WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT A HANDFUL, WE ARE TALKING OVER A THOUSAND ENTRIES OF THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENING TO OTHER CONSUMERS. AND THIS IS MORE THAN LIKELY THE TIP OF THE ICE BERG SINCE MANY, MANY FOLKS WOULD NEVER POST TO A BLOG OR EVEN USE THE INTERNET AS A PLATFORM FOR COMPLAINT. JEEP CHRYSLER SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR POOR QUALITY. WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR THE POWERS TO BE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY THE CONSUMER. ACCIDENTAL DEATH DUE TO A CAR ACCIDENT CAUSED BY POOR WORKMANSHIP. PLEASE ADVISE. BY THE COMMENTS I HAVE REVIEWED, THIS IS A CASE OF POOR QUALITY AND SECOND CLASS WORKMANSHIP OF THE WELDS/FRAME OF THE SEATS IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR